Research Article Details

Article ID: A27678
PMID: 17684626
Source: Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol
Title: [Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis induced by fast weight loss during the use of intragastric balloon--a case report].
Abstract: Obesity is a chronic disease that has been considered an epidemic nowadays. It is associated to much co-morbidity, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its complication, steatohepatitis. We report a case of a 58-year-old obese patient refractory to clinical treatment who was submitted to the use of intragastric balloon (BIB), developing steatohepatitis induced by fast weight loss.
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302007000400019